How to delete file from public folder in laravel 5.1

Question

I want to delete a News from database and when I hit the delete button all data from database deleted but the image is remains in upload folder. So, how do I this to work. t

Answer 1

public function destroy($id) {
    $news = News::findOrFail($id);
    $image_path = app_path("images/news/".$news->photo);

    if(file_exists($image_path)){
        //File::delete($image_path);
        File::delete( $image_path);
    }
    $news->delete();
    return redirect('admin/dashboard')->with('message','خبر موفقانه حذف  شد');
}